![]() The lifelong character actor's place in film history is established with this indispensable performance. Dooley is especially effective in one of those once-in-a-lifetime roles. However, the film never sacrifices the development of characters for the action. The grandstanding finale-the real life "Little 500" bike race-gives the film a perfect, crowd-pleasing end. The used-car salesman (Paul Dooley) doesn't understand his son's affection for bicycling or, for that matter, his pride in being a "Cutter." Breaking Away rehabilitates the word heartwarming as Tesich's uncommonly intelligent script gives us well-rounded characters and a potent sense of place. He is also the scourge of his father's life. Stohler escapes into a world of Italian bicycling, picking up the lingo, the accent, and a good share of the talent of his heroes. Dave Stohler (Dennis Christopher) and his three friends-ex-football star Mike (Dennis Quaid), wily comedian Cyril (Daniel Stern), and tough kid Moocher (Jackie Earle Haley)-are doomed to live in the college town of Bloomington, Indiana, where the local kids (nicknamed "Cutters"-a derogatory reference to quarry workers and their blue-collar families) are looked down on by the uppity students of nearby Indiana University. Starring: Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley. ![]() ![]() It is, in fact, a treasure - which is why it's in half as many theaters as trash like 'Bloodline.' Exhibitors are scared to death of offbeat, original movies they'll play it safe with sleaze. Steve Tesich won an Oscar for his semi-biographical screenplay about four 19-year-olds who don't know what to do after high school. breaking-away-1979/1MV0b5233a5f13c260fc6f. 'Breaking Away' is a wonderfully sunny, funny, goofy, intelligent movie that makes you feel about as good as any movie in a long time. Peter Yates's flag-waving film stands with To Kill a Mockingbird and American Graffiti as one of the best films about small-town Americana.
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